Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [det] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was the reason for the growth between eighteen hundred and eighteen fifty because they had n't had sort of mass industrialization industrialization which had caused population growth in other countries so was there any particular reason why there 's should have trebled in that time ? |
| 2 | Because you should have you should have heard by this time . |
| 3 | Now they 're saying things should have improved by this time next year . |
| 4 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 5 | ... But no , for he had said her heart was badly damaged , death might have come at any time . |
| 6 | I can stand in front of the screen , I can look at the simulations , I can stop them whenever I want to stop them and look at them , it gives me ideas about how the buildings might have looked at that time and it gives me a whole range of variations as to as to what can be done in terms of their reconstructions . |
| 7 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |
| 8 | I think we sho we could have done with some time to look at it really . |
| 9 | ‘ It appears it could have happened at any time , even running for a bus , ’ said headmaster Harrison Huddart , at Hewart Grange School , Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 10 | The horse 's trainer Robin Dickin said : ‘ It could have happened at any time , on the racecourse or at home . |
| 11 | ‘ The doctor said it could have happened at any time . |
| 12 | The frosted glass panel with my name on it had been cracked , but that could have happened at any time . |
| 13 | I have explained everything to her , told her it could have happened at any time . |
| 14 | My first reaction to the resignations was that they were tantamount to an admission of guilt when , in fact , the Argentinians could have attacked at any time in the previous fifteen years . |
| 15 | They could have left at any time . |
| 16 | How relationships may have changed by this time ! |
| 17 | But there may be legitimate reasons for incorporating a company which is intended to remain dormant indefinitely or for retaining on the register a company which for the time being has ceased to carry on business but which the members may wish to use at some time in the future for the same or some different business . |
| 18 | Write down a list of five things that you would want to achieve in that time . |
| 19 | Normally they would have waited until such time as the national ballot had been held and then they would have taken the appropriate action afterwards . |
| 20 | He regretted that his proposal for a peace conference a year ago had not been acted upon , as he was confident the Soviet Union would have participated at that time with beneficial effects for the whole world . |
| 21 | The village of Weston in which Leapor would have lived for some time was six miles north of Brackley . |
| 22 | I would have sworn at that time that I loved her as much as she did me , more even , but subsequent events proved me wrong . |
| 23 | Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady . |
| 24 | Because there was no sign that Marian and Allen had regained the highway ahead of them the verderers agreed that there were three possibilities : the first , that the children would lie hidden for some time in dense woodland until it was safe for them to return to the ride ; the second , that they would try to work their way around the Swamp to the north but that since they would be away from paths this would be difficult and slow ; and the third , that they might try to reach the outlaws ' camp by passing the Swamp to the south . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sorry to disappoint you , but Hadrian and his wall will have to wait for another time . ’ |
| 26 | Most will have discovered by this time that love involves risk . |
| 27 | when you want to put in highlights at the end of your painting , the paint will tend to sink in each time you put on a pale colour if the paper is still damp . |
| 28 | The evils of the system of exploitation and oppression will continue to exist for some time . |
| 29 | A blanket election will continue to apply until such time as the partners ( or a partner ) give notice that they wish to withdraw from the arrangement . |
| 30 | At recent rates about 80 per cent of married women can expect to work at some time in their married lifetime ( Martin and Roberts 1984 ) . |